Conservator of Paintings, Murals and Polychrome Surfaces, Stefan Dedecek of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, shares his thoughts on a recent conservation treatment. Stefan Dedecek, Conservator of Paintings, Polychrome Surfaces, and Murals of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory The painting Rain the…
A recent painting conservation treatment at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory uncovered a pleasant surprise: a hidden figure. At first the painting appeared as a simple, but serene landscape; however, an exciting discovery was made as surface cleaning progressed which was…
While the conservation team at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory just outside of Cleveland, Ohio performs recoating of large-scale outdoor sculpture to restoring electronic media artworks, more traditional conservation treatments are also completed at the lab such as Old Master paintings…
The McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory has many areas of expertise. Sometimes an object needing conservation treatment does not fall neatly into one of these categories, but instead has characteristics of more than one. This is case with a recent painted…
Stefan Dedecek, Conservator of Paintings, Murals and Polychrome Surfaces, recently performed a conservation treatment of an Aminah Robinson painting as well as a set of doors originally installed at the home of the artist. While we shared information about the…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory recently opened its doors for the paintings conservation treatment of artworks by Columbus, Ohio artist Aminah Robinson. The artworks consist of a painting on canvas and two painted doors. The two doors currently at the lab…
Before treatment, a discolored varnish and past restoration create a need conservation Oregon Trail, 1869 by Albert Bierstadt recently received a paintings conservation treatment at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory. Stefan Dedecek, Conservation of Paintings, Murals, and Polychrome Surfaces, has performed…
Stefan Dedecek , Conservator of Paintings, Murals, and Polychrome Surfaces, recently performed the conservation on two murals by I.M. Taylor at the Wood County Courthouse located in Bowling Green, Ohio. While Conservator Dedecek performs many paintings conservation treatments at our…
When most people think of the term "conservation", environmental conservation might come to mind rather than art. Sometimes the conservation of nature coincides with the conservation of art, as in the case of the portrait of Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of…
Mural Conservation, Paintings Conservation: Public art can celebrate and revitalize a community, but years of exposure to the elements can take a toll on any outdoor work of art. Conservators Stefan Dedecek and Christina L. Simms recently traveled to Washington,…